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A Blessing For You

A warm welcome to Worship, especially visitors and new folk among us. May God’s grace and peace be with you.
You Are Invited! We are pleased to announce that once again MCC Sydney with Pitt St Uniting Church will present a Christmas Eve Carols Service. Tuesday December 24th at 8pm at Pitt St Uniting Church, 264 Pitt Street Sydney. If you would like to sign up for the Choir, please check the post below!

  • Volunteer Thanksgiving Lunch at Church
    Volunteer Thanksgiving Lunch at Church
    Sat, 23 Nov
    23 Nov 2024, 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
    MCCS, 96 Crystal St, Petersham NSW 2049, Australia
    23 Nov 2024, 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
    MCCS, 96 Crystal St, Petersham NSW 2049, Australia
    In recognition of your contribution to MCC Sydney we would love for you to join us for lunch.
  • AM Worship
    AM Worship
    Multiple Dates
    Sun, 24 Nov
    24 Nov 2024, 10:00 am – 11:30 am AEDT
    Metropolitan Community Church Sydney Ltd, 96 Crystal St, Petersham NSW 2049, Australia
    24 Nov 2024, 10:00 am – 11:30 am AEDT
    Metropolitan Community Church Sydney Ltd, 96 Crystal St, Petersham NSW 2049, Australia
    Our Live/ In-Person Traditional Style Worship Service, start at 10am
  • PM Worship
    PM Worship
    Multiple Dates
    Sun, 24 Nov
    24 Nov 2024, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm AEDT
    Metropolitan Community Church Sydney Ltd, 96 Crystal St, Petersham NSW 2049, Australia
    24 Nov 2024, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm AEDT
    Metropolitan Community Church Sydney Ltd, 96 Crystal St, Petersham NSW 2049, Australia
    Our Live/ In-Person Contemporary Style Worship Service at 6.30pm
  • Morning Devotion (in person & online)
    Morning Devotion (in person & online)
    Multiple Dates
    Thu, 05 Dec
    05 Dec 2024, 10:30 am – 11:30 am AEDT
    Metropolitan Community Church Sydney Ltd, 96 Crystal St, Petersham NSW 2049, Australia
    05 Dec 2024, 10:30 am – 11:30 am AEDT
    Metropolitan Community Church Sydney Ltd, 96 Crystal St, Petersham NSW 2049, Australia
    A time of praise, prayer and reflection to let the Spirit breathe
  • Sunday Fellowship Lunch
    Sunday Fellowship Lunch
    Multiple Dates
    Sun, 15 Dec
    15 Dec 2024, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
    Brighton Cafe, 49 Palace St, Petersham NSW 2049, Australia
    15 Dec 2024, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
    Brighton Cafe, 49 Palace St, Petersham NSW 2049, Australia
    Join our monthly lunch after morning church at the local RSL/ Cafe on every 3rd Sunday at 12pm.
  • Christmas Eve Carol Service
    Christmas Eve Carol Service
    Multiple Dates
    Tue, 24 Dec
    24 Dec 2024, 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm AEDT
    Sydney, 264 Pitt St, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia
    24 Dec 2024, 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm AEDT
    Sydney, 264 Pitt St, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia
    You Are Invited! We are pleased to announce that once again MCC Sydney with Pitt St Uniting Church will present a Christmas Eve Carols Service and If you would like to sign up for the Choir please fill the form (see the link)
  • PM Worship
    PM Worship
    Multiple Dates
    Sun, 17 Nov
    17 Nov 2024, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm AEDT
    Metropolitan Community Church Sydney Ltd, 96 Crystal St, Petersham NSW 2049, Australia
    17 Nov 2024, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm AEDT
    Metropolitan Community Church Sydney Ltd, 96 Crystal St, Petersham NSW 2049, Australia
    Our Live/ In-Person Contemporary Style Worship Service at 6.30pm
  • Sunday Fellowship Lunch
    Sunday Fellowship Lunch
    Multiple Dates
    Sun, 17 Nov
    17 Nov 2024, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
    Brighton Cafe, 49 Palace St, Petersham NSW 2049, Australia
    17 Nov 2024, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
    Brighton Cafe, 49 Palace St, Petersham NSW 2049, Australia
    Join our monthly lunch after morning church at the local RSL/ Cafe on every 3rd Sunday at 12pm.
  • AM Worship
    AM Worship
    Multiple Dates
    Sun, 17 Nov
    17 Nov 2024, 10:00 am – 11:30 am AEDT
    Metropolitan Community Church Sydney Ltd, 96 Crystal St, Petersham NSW 2049, Australia
    17 Nov 2024, 10:00 am – 11:30 am AEDT
    Metropolitan Community Church Sydney Ltd, 96 Crystal St, Petersham NSW 2049, Australia
    Our Live/ In-Person Traditional Style Worship Service, start at 10am

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Metropolitan Community Church Sydney

 

is an affirming Christian Church for all people, and especially LGBTIQA+ identifying people.

 

As a progressive Christian church we are open to all people who want to learn more about God. We give thanks to God for people of all genders, sexualities, ages and cultural backgrounds. At MCC all persons have value and worth, and are uniquely gifted to share the Good News with others. So no matter what, you are welcome at MCC Sydney.

We invite you to come as you are, whether you

identify as Christian, come from another faith background or are of no prior faith tradition.

Location: 96 Crystal St, Petersham, Sydney, NSW

Email: office@mccsydney.org

Our Services

Traditional

Service

 

Every Sunday 10am.

The morning service is 'traditional', combining elements and worship practices that will be familiar to you if you have participated in Protestant or Catholic church services before. We recite liturgy, read from the bible, hear a sermon, pray, and sing hymns.

Contemporary Worship

 

Every Sunday 6.30pm.

In this contemporary worship service the music is modern, the worship style is flexible and different aspects of faith and spirituality are explored. This service is a unique blend from many different backgrounds and traditions and is for both young and old!

Fellowship

 

After the morning service or before evening service we invite everyone to join together for fellowhip at our pantry in the building. During this time we announce who's having a birthday that week & celebrate.

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Venue For Hire

 

If you are looking to hire a well-maintained air-conditioned auditorium in Sydney's inner-west, MCC Sydney is available as a venue for your wedding or other events.

 

FYI, you don't need to be a member of our church, or of any other church, in order to get married with us.

 

Please contact us at office@mccsydney.org

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Educational Articles & Videos

Come To The Table

Come To The Table

10 Aug 2021

Unknown Source

You don’t need to bring anything to God to be Beloved.⁣⁣
⁣You don’t need to bring unconditional trust.⁣⁣
⁣You don’t need to bring radical obedience.⁣⁣
⁣You’re Beloved when you show up with open hands. You’re Beloved when you don’t have it in you to show up at all.⁣
⁣This is the scary, beautiful mystery of the Table.

The Bible and
Homosexuality

The Bible and Homosexuality

6 Aug 2021

Rev. Mona West, Ph.D.

Lesbians and gay men face discrimination because of societal attitudes. Unfortunately, these attitudes are often taught by churches and, sadly, the Bible is frequently used as a weapon to “bash” lesbians and gays. It is important to remember that such hurtful things are not a reflection of Christ, or the way God wants the church to be, or even what the Bible really says.

Only a small number of passages in the entire Bible reference same-sex sexual activity (six out of sixty-six books of the entire Bible). Obviously this topic was not of great concern to the biblical writers. Yet these verses have been used to justify hatred, condemnation and exclusion of God’s lesbian and gay children.

Christian and gay: A religious leader reflects

Christian and gay: A religious leader reflects

15 July 2021

MSNBC Digital Documentaries

Fearless: Reverend Troy Perry founded the Metropolitan Community Church in 1968 as an outreach to the underserved gay community. Rev. Perry looks back at his personal evolution from a heterosexually-married, closeted gay man in the conservative south to a spiritual and civil rights leader of the LGBT community in Los Angeles and beyond.

So what is MCC all about and what does MCC Sydney believe?
 
And how does faith and sexuality go together?

Here are some resources that may help in answering some of these questions
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What People Say
About Us

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Sydney Star Observer (SSO) interviewed Peter Webster one of our members in 2015: 

SSO: "As LGBTI people become more accepted in heterosexual society, why should places like MCC Sydney continue to exist?"
 
“We could go to a gay-friendly church, and there’s a number of them, and we can take communion. (But) We can’t do it together. We can’t kiss. We can’t hold hands. No matter how open and affirming, and that’s the official term, ‘affirming’, churches are, there are limits.”

“In MCC Sydney, my partner and I take communion,” Webster said.

“We go down there together. We hold hands. We give each other the bread and the wine. We kiss. Then we go for prayer with the pastor… then at the end of that we kiss again".

Article link:
https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/national-news/new-south-wales-news/on-earth-as-it-is-in-heaven/139112

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Why I Choose To Belong To
MCC Sydney​

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MCC Sydney acknowledges and respects the Wangal people of the Eora Nation as the traditional custodians of the land on which we are broadcasting our worship services during isolation. 
We pay our respect to Elders past, present and emerging and welcome any First Nations people worshiping with us.

We exist only through the generosity of our members and friends.

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